Composition of matter and method of using the same for permanently waving hair



Patented Nov. 23, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,607,981 PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. GEOFF, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMPOSITION OF MATTER AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME FOR PERMANENTLY WAV ING HAIR.

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In the art commonly known as permanent hair waving, it is the practice in the operation of waving the same to employ substances of one kind or another in order to impart to thehair a character or quality which will cause it to retain its waved or curled condition for a considerable but more or less indefinite period of time.

In the operation of imparting permanent waves to hair, it is customary to employ strips of suitable fabric, usually cotton fabric, which are wrapped about the hair and moistened during the application of heat for the purpose of imparting or fixing a socalled permanent wave in the hair.

The general object of the present invention is to provide an improved composition of matter which is in liquid form for the treatment of fabric which is afterwards employed in the permanent waving of hair.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a composition which, when employed in the operation of permanently waving hair, imparts thereto a condition by reason of which it retains its wave or curl effect for a satisfactory period of time with out however imparting to the hair a harsh and unnecessarilystifl' or rigid effect.

It is also an obiect of the invention to provide strips of fabric previously saturated with the solution constituting the said composition which strips may be employed at any future time in the process or operation of treating the hair for forming therein a so-called permanent wave or curl.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be pointed out in the detailed description thereof or will become apparent from the said description. In the said description I shall point out the ingredients and the proportions thereof which are to be employed but it is to be understood that ohvious equivalents for the said ingredients may be employed and that reasonable changes in the proportions as set forth here in may be made in the composition without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as the same is set forth in the claims appended hereto. l

In the carrying out of my invention, I first prepare one quart of a weak solution of lime water within which six ounces of salts of tartar (potassium carbonate) and four ounces of borax (sodium borate) are dissolved. This mixture, as already indicated,

'out the said strips.

Application filed November 29, 1924. Serial No. 752,841.

is adapted to be employed for treating strips of suitable fabric, such as cotton fabric, which are approximately one and one-half inches wide by six inches long. In the treatment of these strips, twenty-five of them are saturated with two ounces of the solution produced as above set forth. After having been thus saturated with the said solution, these strips are then placed in a chamber or receptacle and are dried at a temperature of approximately one hundred and eighty degreesFahrenheit (180 F.). The strips of fabric having been thus treat- .ed are ready for use. I

It will be understood that a greater num ber of strips may be treated in a single operation but in such case the quantity of the solution employed .for saturating the same should be correspondingly increased.

In the use of the said strips in the operation of so-called permanent hair waving, twenty-five thereof should be placed or dipped in two and one-half ounces of clear water. The said strips become saturated with thewater after which they are subjected to pressure so as to squeeze out some of the water absorbed thereby. The water thus squeezed out comprises in solution a small proportion of the ingredients of the solution with which the said strips were previously treat-ed.

In the operation of permanentlywaving hair, portions thereof are wound or curled about curlers or curling rods of usual construction after which the said portions are moistened with some of the solution ob tained asa result of pressing or squeezing Such portions having been thus moistened,- they are covered by the said strips which are coiled around the same. In practice, one strip is of suflicient length and width to cover each portion of 7 of a composition such as I have described above I am enabled to ell'ect a condition of permanency in waved or curled hair without however producing an unpleasant and unattractive still and harsh effect. In other words, the hair remains pliable and retains its natural appearance and etlect.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A composition of matter, comprising potassium carbonate, lime, and borax in solution in Water.

2. A composition of matter, comprising potassium carbonate and borax dissolved in a weak solution of lime water.

3. A com osition of matter, comprising potassium carbonate and borax dissolved in one quart of a weak solution of lime water in the proportions of x ounces of the salts of tartar and four ounces of the borax.

l. A composition of matter, consisting of one quart of a weak solution of lime water, six ounces of potassium carbonate, and four ounces of borax.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my invention, 1 have hereunto signed my name this 2-lth day of September, A. 1)., 192-1.

lVI LLIAM A. GROFF. 

